News Written by Mongabay Published on 24 Jan 2024 6 mins read Farmers in Indonesia’s Lampung province are making their own organic fertilizer in order to lessen reliance on volatile external supply chains. They have also diversified the number of crops they grow, interspersing avocado and candlenut trees among crops like coffee and vanilla. Advocates of organic farming
Funds made possible by $1 billion investment in Urban and Community Forestry from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda ATLANTA, Jan. 23, 2024 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $1 million award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry program will go to the Church Of God In
Northern Australian landowners have been left more than $1 million in debt amid the winding up of a major sandalwood managed investment scheme (MIS) portfolio. The money is owed for land leased by Quintis subsidiary Quintis Leasing and used for MIS plantations. The ABC’s conversations with creditors indicate the unpaid contracts have negatively impacted at
A not-for-profit organisation focused on combatting land degradation and deforestation on Seychelles’ Praslin Island has ventured into agroforestry. Terrestrial Restoration Action Society Seychelles (TRASS) recently opened a second nursery with a capacity of twelve thousand local and rare fruits. Marc Jean-Baptiste, a member of TRASS, told SNA that the use of local fruits in the
Participants infront of the museum after the commissioning The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has inaugurated its Wildlife Museum at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG), at Fumesua. It is well equipped with the required resources both human and equipment to carry out its functions, such as enhancing the discovery and description
News Canada’s forestry sector is responsible for far more greenhouse gas emissions than show up in official tallies, a new study suggests, underscoring concerns about how a lack of industry oversight is getting in the way of the country’s climate goals. New study suggests federal government underreports greenhouse gases from forestry sector Benjamin Shingler ·
A view of the road to closed Vaalimaa border check point between Finland and Russia in Virolahti, Finland Dec 16, 2023. PHOTO: Lehtikuva via Reuters file PUBLISHED ON January 11, 2024 1:24 AM COPENHAGEN — Finland will extend the closure of its border with Russia, which had otherwise been set to end on Jan 15, Minister of
Carbon in woody debris from forestry or agriculture could remain sequestered on the sea floor for centuries…
The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) welcomes the commitments from the new Environment Secretary, Steve Barclay, to bring the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) and the Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) into new Environmental Land Management (ELM) Schemes. The RFS also welcomes the uplift in grants to support woodland management, and hopes it will bring more
Two German-based researchers have petitioned the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to probe allegations of administrative negligence, failure, and omissions committed by officers of the Forestry Commission of the Enchi district in the Western Region. The two; Sulemana Issifu and Dr Jacob Sarfo in their petition alleged that the Enchi Forestry Commission